Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship
Autor David Pittsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mar 2008
I'm
not
that
kind
of
boy,”
Jack
angrily
wrote
to
Lem
after
his
friend
made
a
sexual
advance.
But
Jack
didn't
end
the
relationship.
From
the
time
John
F.
Kennedy
and
Kirk
LeMoyne
“Lem”
Billings
met
at
Choate,
until
the
President's
assassination
thirty
years
later,
Jack
and
Lem
remained
best
friends.
Lem
was
a
virtual
fixture
in
the
Kennedy
family
who
even
had
his
own
room
at
the
White
House.
Drawing
on
hundreds
of
letters
and
telegrams
between
the
two,
plus
Lem
Billings's
oral
history
and
interviews
with
family
and
friends
like
Ben
Bradlee,
Gore
Vidal,
and
Ted
Sorensen,
award-winning
Kennedy
scholar
David
Pitts
tells
the
story
of
an
unusual
friendship
that
endured
despite
an
era
of
rampant
homophobia.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306816239
ISBN-10: 0306816237
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306816237
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
Notă biografică
David
Pittshas
been
senior
writer
at
the
U.S.
Information
Agency/Voice
of
America,
and
has
written
for
publications
including
theWashington
Post,Philadelphia
Inquirer,
andChristian
Science
Monitor.
He
lives
in
Washington,
D.C.
Recenzii
Instinct
“Finally—proof that a 'mo lived in the White House…This simple-to-digest study features fascinating, firsthand accounts from Camelot…What we leave with is that inevitably haunting question: Had he lived, what more could JFK have done for the progression of human rights?”
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/22/13
“[An] excellent book…Essential reading for those seeking that which shaped JFK's indelible personality.”
“Finally—proof that a 'mo lived in the White House…This simple-to-digest study features fascinating, firsthand accounts from Camelot…What we leave with is that inevitably haunting question: Had he lived, what more could JFK have done for the progression of human rights?”
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/22/13
“[An] excellent book…Essential reading for those seeking that which shaped JFK's indelible personality.”